Sonocrystallization of a novel ZIF/zeolite composite adsorbent with high chemical stability for removal of the pharmaceutical pollutant azithromycin from contaminated water

Zhiming Liu; Ashkan Bahadoran; As'ad Alizadeh; Nafiseh Emami; Tariq J. Al-Musaw; Ahmed Hussien Radie Alawadi; Aseel M. Aljeboree; Mahmoud Shamsborhan; Iman Najafipour; Seyed Erfan Mousavi; Milad Mosallanezhad; Davood Toghraie

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry (Jul 2023)

Sonocrystallization of a novel ZIF/zeolite composite adsorbent with high chemical stability for removal of the pharmaceutical pollutant azithromycin from contaminated water

Zhiming Liu,
Ashkan Bahadoran,
As'ad Alizadeh,
Nafiseh Emami,
Tariq J. Al-Musaw,
Ahmed Hussien Radie Alawadi,
Aseel M. Aljeboree,
Mahmoud Shamsborhan,
Iman Najafipour,
Seyed Erfan Mousavi,
Milad Mosallanezhad,
Davood Toghraie

Affiliations

Zhiming Liu: RENMIN Hospital of Wuhan University, Department of Stomatology, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, China; Corresponding authors.
Ashkan Bahadoran: Materials Interfaces Center, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
As'ad Alizadeh: Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Cihan University-Erbil, Erbil, Iraq
Nafiseh Emami: Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
Tariq J. Al-Musaw: Building and Construction Techniques Engineering Department, Al-Mustaqbal University College, 51001 Hillah, Babylon, Iraq
Ahmed Hussien Radie Alawadi: College of Medical Technology Techniques, The Islamic University, Najaf, Iraq
Aseel M. Aljeboree: Department of Chemistry, College of Science for Women, University of Babylon, Hilla, Iraq
Mahmoud Shamsborhan: Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Zakho, Zakho, Iraq
Iman Najafipour: Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Seyed Erfan Mousavi: Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Milad Mosallanezhad: Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
Davood Toghraie: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr Khomeinishahr, Iran; Corresponding authors.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 97
p. 106463

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Water pollution management, reduction, and elimination are critical challenges of the current era that threaten millions of lives. By spreading the coronavirus in December 2019, the use of antibiotics, such as azithromycin increased. This drug was not metabolized, and entered the surface waters. ZIF-8/Zeolit composite was made by the sonochemical method. Furthermore, the effect of pH, the regeneration of adsorbents, kinetics, isotherms, and thermodynamics were attended. The adsorption capacity of zeolite, ZIF-8, and the composite ZIF-8/Zeolite were 22.37, 235.3, and 131 mg/g, respectively. The adsorbent reaches the equilibrium in 60 min, and at pH = 8. The adsorption process was spontaneous, endothermic associated with increased entropy. The results of the experiment were analyzed using Langmuir isotherms and pseudo-second order kinetic models with a R2 of 0.99, and successfully removing the composite by 85% in 10 cycles. It indicated that the maximum amount of drug could be removed with a small amount of composite.

Published in Ultrasonics Sonochemistry

ISSN: 1350-4177 (Print); 1873-2828 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry; Science: Physics: Acoustics. Sound
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